Sunshine State Standards
Benchmarks:

Vocabulary:

Calusa

tribes

salvaging

explorers

waterways

fashion

marauding

mound

archaeologists

artifacts

hollowed-out

fierce

Suggested Activities:

Using a map of Florida,
identify the southwestern area of Florida. Have the students mark this as
the location of the Calusa Indians. Have the students also locate and mark
the Caloosahatchee River, Estero Bay, and as many other waterways as possible.

Have the students create
models of Calusa Indian dwellings using sticks and woven palmetto leaves.

Have the students create
tools, utensils, and jewelry from shells.

Have the students compare
and contrast the Calusa Indians to the Tocobaga Indians using three-column
Notes.

Have
the students complete a vocabulary map for the vocabulary word "artifacts."

Complete
and review FCAT questions.

(Note: Actual FCAT practice passages
are wrtten at the students' independent reading level. These Florida History
selections are written at the students' instructional reading level. Therefore,
students should not be asked to complete the questions until after receiving
class instruction on the vocabulary and content of the passage. Students
should also read the Florida History selection independently before answering
the FCAT questions and be permited to return to the selection for rereading
as they answer.)